RAF Digby

RAF Digby
Near Scopwick, Lincolnshire in England
Replica Spitfire as gate guardian
Icarus renatus
(Latin for 'Icarus reborn')[1]
RAF Digby is located in Lincolnshire
RAF Digby
RAF Digby
Shown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates53°05′27″N 000°26′03″W / 53.09083°N 0.43417°W / 53.09083; -0.43417
TypeJoint signals intelligence station
Area171 hectares[2]
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force and Joint Forces Command
WebsiteOfficial website
Site history
Built1918 (1918)
In use1918–present
Airfield information
Elevation61 metres (200 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
NE/SW 1,800 metres (5,906 ft) Grass
NW/SE 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) Grass
W/E 880 metres (2,887 ft) Grass
Flying ceased in January 1953. Airfield no longer in use.

Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force station located near Scopwick and 11.6 mi (18.7 km) south east of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is home to the tri-service Joint Service Signals Organisation, part of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group of Joint Forces Command.[3] Other units include the RAF Aerial Erector School, No. 54 Signals Unit and No. 591 Signals Unit.

Formerly an RAF training and fighter airfield, it is one of the country's older Royal Air Force stations, predated only by RAF Northolt, which is the oldest and predates the Royal Air Force by three years, having opened in 1915. Flying at Digby ceased in 1953.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 104. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP) 2009 - Annex A" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 19. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ Intelligence Collection Group entry on MoD website